Tillage system effects on water use and grain yield of winter wheat, maize and soybean in rotation

Romanian Agricultural Research

Volumn , Issue 27, 2010, Pages 69-80

  Cociu, Alexandru I ^a   Zaharia, Gina Valentina ^a   Constantin, Nicolae ^b  

^a National Agricultural Research   (Romania)

^b Ion Ionescu de la Brad   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chisel plough; Crop water use; Deep sub soiling; Disk sweep; No till; Over winter soil water accumulation and storage; Strip till; Tillage systems:Traditional; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649426322     PISSN: 12224227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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